Morris weisel



(No Model.)

4 M. WEISEL. CABLE CARPENDER.

Patented June 1, 1897.

INVENTORI WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS WEISEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABLE-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent No. 583,639, dated June 1,1897.

Application filed July 1, 1896. Serial No. 597,669. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it 77Mty concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS l/VEISEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Oar Fenders and the Like,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements applicable to cable and other carswhich run on tracks or roads employing a slotted conduit,

the object being in part to provide a simple and effective-fender orpilot for the car and in part to provide means for preventing the carfrom being lifted up by the body of a person who may have fallen on thetrack in front of it and-running over him.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of acable-carprovided with my improvements,the platform being in mid-section. Fig. 2is a sectional plan of the mechanism, the plane of the section beingindicated by the line Q32 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view or elevationof the mechanism under the car-platform, the plane of the section beingindicated by line m in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 illustrates a modification ofmechanism for operating the devices from the platform.

A represents the platform of a cable-car; B, the dashboard of the same;0, the wheels, and D the slot in the crown of the conduit in which thecable is housed.

Under the front end of the car-platform is the fender or pilot 1 in theform of a simple sheet of metal, by preference suspended vertically.This fender is provided at each end with an upright sleeve-bearing 2,whereby the fender is guided on upright guide-rods 3,

fixed to the car, so that the fender may have a limited up-and-downmovement on said rods.

Carried by the car is a locking T-piece, comprising a stem 4, whichdepends into and plays along the slot D in the conduit, and twolaterally-proj ectin g roller-studs M, which take under the crown of theconduit at the respective margins of said slot.

On the platform is an upright shaft 5, provided with a crank 6, wherebythe gripman may simultaneously force the fender 1 down upon the trackand draw the studs 4 of the T-piece up against the crown of thecableconduit. This operation maybe effected by any suitable mechanism,but that which 'I prefer to employ will now be described. The shaft 5extends down through the platform A and has a collared bearing therein.extends through and rotates in a cam 7, fixed on the rear face of thefender 1. The cam 7 is in the nature of a block, with its upper surfacein the form of a volute cam, a laterallyprojecting stud 8 on the shaft 5being adapted to play over said volute cam when the shaft is rotated inthe proper direction, thus depressing the fender. A spiral spring 9 onthe shaft 5 beneath the cam 7 holds the fender elevated normally, so asto be clear of the track, and serves to raise it when the force employedto depress the fender is relieved.

Simultaneously with the depression of the fender the locking T-piece inthe slotted conduit is drawn up. A bar 10 is guidedat one end on theshaft 5 and at the other end on a guide 11, fixed to the under side ofthe platform. The spring 9 bears at its lower end on this bar 10, and atthis point the bar carries a cam 12, similar to the cam 7 except thatthe volute cam-face thereon is below. A laterally-projecting stud 13 onthe shaft 5 plays over this cam when said shaft is rotated and thusraises the bar 10.

To the bar 10, at a point substantially in the longitudinal axis of thecar, is pivoted a horizontally-swinging arm 14, which extends rearwardlyand carries at its free end the looking T-piece before referred to, thestem 4 of said piece being mounted to rotate or rock in said arm.Preferably the lower edge of the fender will be furnished with a bindingor lip 15, of rubber fabric or other yielding material.

The operation is as follows: When the car is in motion and the gripmansees a person on the track, if a collision is unavoidable he instantlyrotates the shaft 5, thus depressing the fender until the lip on itslower edge is in contact with the track. The T-piece is at the same timedrawn up forcibly, which has the effect to draw or hold the car-bodydown firmly, so that it will not'be possible for the clothes or body ofthe person on the track to get under the fender, and thus lift themoving car so that it can ride over the person. The object inconstructing the locking T- It also piece so that it may swing laterallyis to permit the stem 4: to follow the slot in going about curves in thetrack, and the object in constructing said T-piece so that it can bedrawn up is to enable the car-body under normal conditions to VibrateVertically without bringing the studs on the T-piece into forciblecontact with the conduit.

The spring 16 on the shaft 5 above the cam 7 is designed to steady thefender and prevent it from springing up when the car is in motion.

In Fig. 2 I have represented the car as on a curve in order toillustrate the purpose of the laterally-swingin g arm 14:-

Fig. at illustrates a construction of the device wherein a push-pin 21on the platform may be used in lieu of the operating-shaft 5 of theprincipal views. In this construction a lever is fulcrumed on theunderside of the platform, one arm 18 thereof taking. under the saidpush-pin and the other arm 17 thereof being coupled to the arm 14, whichcarries thelocking T-piece. The arm 18 loosely engages a recessed lug 19on the fender, whereby downward pressure on the push-pin 21 depressesthe fender. A spring 20, which couples the arm 18 with the car-platform,serves to support the fender normally.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with acar, of a fender or pilot carried by the car, a pendent locking-piececarried by the car and taking under a stationary part of the road-bed tolock the car against upward movement, and m cans for drawing up saidlocking-piece into firm contact with the part of the road-bed engagedthereby, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a car, of a fender or pilot carried by the car,and a pendent locking-piece carried by the car and taking under astationary part of the road-bed, said locking-piece being mounted toswing laterally whereby it adapts itself to curves in the track,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a car, of a fender or pilot carried by said carand adapted to be depressed into contact with the track, a pendentlocking-piece carried by the car and adapted to engage the slot in aconduit in the road-bed, said locking-piece adapted to be drawn up asdescribed, and means substantially as set forth for simultaneouslydepressing the fender and drawing up saidlockingpi'ece.

4. The combination with a car, of a fender or pilot carried by said car,a pendent locking-piece carried by the car and adapted to engage theslot in a conduit on the track, and mechanism under control of-thegripman for depressing the fender and drawing up the locking-piece, thelatter being mounted to swing laterally whereby it adapts itself tocurves in the track, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MORRIS IVEISEL.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Boss. HENRY CoNNE'rT.

